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  1. I hate to burst your bubble but companies absolutely meddled with the government in the 90s and long before that. Perhaps the general public was less aware of it. Cronyism in its current form has been a thing since at least the industrial age. The way some companies and individuals amassed so much wealth was precisely by using their money to influence the government and make more money in the process.
    10 points
  2. Because if we don't some other karen will moan that we didn't include this very on topic info.
    7 points
  3. Intel previews its 11th-gen desktop 'Rocket Lake-S' processors

    As I have said before... Let me know when the M1 chip can run Linux and/or Windows natively and is licensed for other PC OEMs otherwise no real interest on my part (and most people). In other words. it's reach is limited by only running one OS. Intel/AMD days are not going to be over because of a niche platform (17% market share on the desktop) but I am sure they appreciate your concern.
    6 points
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  5. I too am hereby announcing a $3 million funding to myself to stop myself from spreading misinformation.
    4 points
  6. Telegram now has more than 500 million active users

    good riddance to Zuckerbook & Co.
    4 points
  7. Do you carry cash?

    I do imagine someone named Hoochiemamma caring around a large roll of cash
    4 points
  8. Peer pressure looks like a really strong factor for tech companies.
    4 points
  9. Netgear announces the Nighthawk RAXE500 router with support for 6Ghz band

    "Offering Internet speeds up to 10.8gbps" You what, show me an ISP that does that and doesn't require both kidneys for it.
    4 points
  10. Intel previews its 11th-gen desktop 'Rocket Lake-S' processors

    What the Apple M1X can accomplish and whether it matters to anyone will really depend on the use cases. If you're in the Windows world, the M1X isn't really an option unless you want to virtualize your Windows environment on MacOS. That's not to discount what Apple has accomplished, it's just a bit too early to be writing off Intel (or AMD for that matter). As far as Kim Keller goes, while things at Intel aren't great that guy doesn't stick around too long in places. His history shows that. Some people move on every few years. It's possible he went to Intel, set out what he intended to do and go their stuff in order, and in a couple years we'll see the results. Who knows?
    4 points
  11. Telegram now has more than 500 million active users

    What an interesting FUD, particularly since Telegram moved from Russia for the very reason to not have to comply with Putin's bullcr@p.
    3 points
  12. Google announces $3 million fund to combat misinformation around COVID-19 vaccine

    Excellent work lol
    3 points
  13. Telegram now has more than 500 million active users

    Facebook & co can go to hell!!
    3 points
  14. ryzen cpu + nvidia gpus, damn at least one company listens to fans on forums/social media.
    3 points
  15. Do you carry cash?

    I carry a small amount of cash in case of emergencies, but I always forget to take a couple of pound coins in my pocket for shopping trolleys and the like...
    3 points
  16. Do you carry cash?

    In some circles, that apparently labels you as all you have, and a scumbag.
    3 points
  17. LG reportedly releasing a rollable phone this year

    I give LG credit for trying new things and not just following Samsung and others with dual or simple folding phones.
    3 points
  18. Hello, Interesting. It looks like they were almost going for sort of a vaporwave aesthetic. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    3 points
  19. Google joins Microsoft and Facebook in suspending political donations

    Unfettered 'free market' at work. Tada! There is a debate for government sponsored/control public digital spaces, but again, the 'free market idiots' fight against that, even though they really want it now. There is also context of access to speech, and despite what the SCOTUS says, money is not speech and corporations are not people. As for context, do I have the right to publish hateful crap about people on t-shirts and EXPECT walmart and all the other large stores to carry it? Nope.
    3 points
  20. Google joins Microsoft and Facebook in suspending political donations

    Hit them in the pocketbook. That’s the best way to deal with some people.
    3 points
  21. Google joins Microsoft and Facebook in suspending political donations

    Interesting developments. Mega-corps determining who gets a platform and who doesn't. Particularly worrying regarding politicians. At a federal level, it's very visible, but what about at a state level. People complained when Facebook manipulated people's feeds with good news / bad news / political news for local or state elections. Now they are cheering it. Open Pandora's Box at your peril. In a democratic society, everyone with a sizable vote, should have equal access to a platform. It's up to the politicians to change the hearts and minds of the electorate, not mega-corps (paid for by the opposition).
    3 points
  22. Google joins Microsoft and Facebook in suspending political donations

    now time to get rid of Super PAC's......
    3 points
  23. And this concludes all the comments needed on this story. Kudos to you Steven P.
    2 points
  24. Do you carry cash?

    LOL I know right, but no I have exceedingly more than that and I'm an upstanding member of society. It's mainly because I do work sometimes for people at their homes and they pay in cash and I literally cannot be bothered going to a bank. Then at shops etc I always use my phone/watch or on rare occasions I use cash if it starts getting too much in the wallet
    2 points
  25. My goal is still to get a 3070 for the better RT performance but at these prices that's not going to be anytime soon. I don't know if it's the VAT or also still the short supply and high demand but 3070s going for over €750 is insane.
    2 points
  26. Telegram now has more than 500 million active users

    i will be making a bold move by telling all my contacts if they want to contact me it will be through telegram. since 2016 i have opened Facebook just once.
    2 points
  27. Telegram now has more than 500 million active users

    Great!
    2 points
  28. sounds promising. so good to see AMD bringing the heat and actually competing in the CPU market again My current laptop is the Asus Vivo Book that was on one of the deal articles like a year back with a slightly older Ryzen 3 and it's been great for me. Not a gaming laptop but is plenty capable of everything I need (can stream games when desired on Geforce Now and Shadow) and gives me excellent battery life. Things have only improved with the Ryzens since then so if they keep up the pace I'll definitely stick with AMD when I eventually DO need to upgrade again.
    2 points
  29. I bet you mean 5800U and not 4800U
    2 points
  30. TCP Optimizer 4.1.1

    Snake oil. At best, this merely fixed what was broken by something else.
    2 points
  31. Dell announces new Latitude and Chromebook laptops for education

    I just don't understand storage on ChromeOS. You can run Android apps. Why most Chromebooks below 800 dollars only have 32GBs? And of eMMC? When 200Euro phones are getting 64-128GB of UFS
    2 points
  32. How about just being businesses and not taking positions and interfering in politics? Virtually nothing you influence in government is for the good of the people anyway. It should be illegal for corporations to donate to political candidates as they're really just bribes.
    2 points
  33. Do you carry cash?

    2 points
  34. Google joins Microsoft and Facebook in suspending political donations

    Um, you are kidding right? Politicians have raised over a billion SINCE the election.
    2 points
  35. Why companies can't just do as they use to do in the 90s. Mind their own business. Why do they always want to be used and use the government?
    2 points
  36. There's no such thing as "Hate Speech." That's another political word that's made up. If I say something that makes you cry, that's not my problem. It's yours. Block me and go get therapy. The majority of readers don't cry and are not offended. It's all free speech. That's how it works. Now you know. i'm not a lawyer, yet, but i am a law student. No, you're wrong, hate speech is a thing in many places, whether you like it or not. IDKY some people think they're entitled to say whatever they want at any time. that's not how the world works. try not to be such a snowflake. you're ok, and you won't melt. What is wrong with the ability to say whatever you want? it's inconsistent with a functioning society.
    2 points
  37. And to add to your ignorance and stupidity... Can we have someone who brings an opposing viewpoint without someone resorting to personal attacks? Tolerant my backside...
    2 points
  38. They deserve much worse than this. Their platform was struggling and used Trump and supported to gain so much wealth and now since they are comfortable, they can get away with anything they throw him to trash like a used toilet paper. I don't think Jack Dorsey is moral superior to Donald Trump
    2 points
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  40. Facebook is halting contributions to PACs in Q1 2021

    The actions of Facebook and other big tech firms in the past few days are far, far more valuable to the left than monetary contributions.
    2 points
  41. Facebook is halting contributions to PACs in Q1 2021

    [Super]PACs have materialized as one of the worst things to happen to US politics. They've been runaway organizations that get massive dumps of funds from large wealthy entities/corporations that do the work of a campaign, and you can bet there are communications (although indirect, as that's a no no) between the PAC and campaign. They basically unregulated slush funds and don't have the same restrictions direct contributions to a campaign.
    2 points
  42. I didn't know Antifa and BLM supported Trump. Hmm, the more you know. It's a sad time we live in... It was acceptable for "certain" people to egg on and support a complete year of riots and hundreds of millions of dollars in burned city damage, but when there's one assembly of Trump supporters and some windows were broken, it's magically a terrorist attack with a ploy to overthrow the government. The double standard is laughable, but the conservatives are embarrassingly bad at playing the game...
    2 points
  43. TCL will roll out Google TV-enabled displays this year starting in the U.S.

    I wish they'd just focus on Android TV more.
    1 point
  44. I used to love Counterstrike (the original and CS: Source). I literally played it every day when I was younger. I took a break, then came back to it after awhile (older, with slower gaming reflexes). Since CS Source "scene" was mostly dead, I gave CS: Go a try and I was incredibly disappointed. The amount of times you end up "missing" someone because it just shoots through them is crazy high. I've moved onto more modern games as a result that seem to have modernized their network code to minimize -- but not eliminate -- this common FPS problem.
    1 point
  45. This place is an echo chamber. I'm an opposing viewpoint you don't like. But you all aren't ready for that conversation. Moreover, you can't handle it yet without banning, censorship etc. I mean this place has a record of "infractions" because I said something, a word that someone didn't like. Their emotional state is somehow my responsibility. Once they come for you, then you're going to have that conversation whether you want to or not. Until, you all can just continue agreeing with each other and make less than zero progress. There is nothing wrong with discussion, when it is sane. Your views are founded on...well who knows. You told us flat out that Trump was going to win, despite being told otherwise. We saw how well that aged. So you should be banned from speaking because you were wrong? This censorship is worse than anything. People are too quick to give up their freedoms and 1st amendment rights. Like others have said, wait until they take away something from you and then it will be different Honestly, is it really that hard to understand how the 1st works? This is NOT a 1st issue. The 1st is about gov intrusion on your speech, that's it. It does NOT cover what happens on social media sites. Why is that so hard to grasp?
    1 point
  46. Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter

    I don't believe that sentence from his tweets that were of concern. While most of us are sensible and won't read into the rest of the text, his final two tweets below were the ones I suspect got him banned: “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” and “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” Most of us wouldn't consider it an issue, but according to twitter who had to take it into the context of the tweets (note: try be in the mindset of those who did riot), it looks like he is essentially giving those people immunity from their actions, a call to action if you will. And then followed up by the admission he won't be at the inauguration.. Which is fine if nothing else was going on, but that just means that that could be the next target. Meaning and context behind the words are very important too.
    1 point
  47. Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter

    Thanks Neowin for allowing comments, unlike the cowards at The Verge who post and ghost. I have no comments of substance to add, was just appreciative of the fact.
    1 point
  48. Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter

    It’s amazing how many “patriots” don’t actually understand the protections the 1st amendment offers. Twitter banning Trump doesn’t violate Trumps freedom of speech. For the simple fact that Twitter is not a government service. It’s a private service that can ban whoever they want. Twitter also assumes a liability for its users, who use its service to break the law. It really is that simple.
    1 point
  49. Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter

    Exactly what terms of service did he break? https://help.twitter.com/en/ru...s/glorification-of-violence
    1 point
  50. What’s your problem? Seems to make perfect sense to me. Google being Google. I’m glad they are under scrutiny
    1 point